Most of us might spend a few minutes enjoying a fantasy of what it would be like stepping outside our lives and into another culture; Corinne Hofmann actually did it.
Corinne Hofmann recounts her story of holidaying in Kenya, where she falls head over heels in love with a Masai warrior. Despite the enormous cultural gulf between them, not to mention the lack of common language, Hofmann, a middle class Swiss boutique owner, gives up western life, to rejoin her Masai warrior and his way of life.
'I've been completely riveted by it - in fact haven't put it down all morning. What an amazing story!... one of the bravest and most vivid I've read in years and I'm not surprised it's a bestseller'
-- Deborah Maggach'Hofmann is a talented writer, describing with unflinching detail the consequences of a passion that combines the element of a holiday romance with troubling fantasies about the noble savage. Gripping'
-- Joan Smith * Independent *'This extraordinary story is a dashing tale of love and adventure in contemporary Kenya'
-- Mavis Cheek * Daily Mail Critic's Choice *'A deliciously readable book - it really is possible to gulp it down in one long sitting'
* Mail on Sunday *'The White Masai has already sold four million copies in Europe and has now been turned into a big Hollywood film. Theses successes suggest that, in publishing terms at least, Corinne Hofmann has finally struck gold'
* Ireland on Sunday *'An extraordinary and unputdownable tale'
* Bookseller *'It's a truly riveting read, better than any reality TV show'
* Publishing News *'Extraordinary'
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